At this time, Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the 9th Army, had also received the news.

This is also attributed to the national defense project that Zhang Zhizhong secretly supervised in the name of the "Central Military Academy Camping Office". After the September 18th Incident, the national government think tank headed by Chiang Baili concluded that in the near future, there will be a war between China and Japan. Chairman Chiang ordered Zhang Zhizhong, who was then the chief of education of the Central Military Academy, to secretly supervise the construction of national defense fortifications.

Building national defense fortifications on your own territory requires secret operation. Why?

I am not afraid that the Japanese government will join forces with Western powers to intervene after learning the news, so it is said that weak countries have no human rights.

However, Zhang Zhizhong was still very effective in doing things. In five years, Japan did not notice any clues!

In addition to spending a lot of effort to supervise the four main national defense lines of Wu Fu, Xicheng, Jiazha and Haijia, Zhang Zhizhong also greatly strengthened the communication between Nanjing and Shanghai and various counties and districts in Shanghai. There were four underground telephone lines connecting Shanghai to Nanjing alone, so during the entire Battle of Shanghai, the communication of the national army was basically smooth.

When Zhang Zhizhong learned the news, he was supervising the battle at the 36th Division of Jiangwan. Because the "Iron Fist Plan" will be implemented in the early morning tomorrow, Zhang Zhizhong also had high hopes for this "Iron Fist Plan". In his opinion, even if he could not completely eliminate the remaining enemies in the Japanese concession, he would also have to completely destroy the Japanese troops in the two districts and then divide and annihilate them.

However, at this moment, something happened in Wusong Town, and the 61st Division was defeated!

Zhang Zhizhong, who learned the news, quickly set off to return to Guyi Garden. He had to adjust the deployment quickly. As soon as the 61st Division collapsed, the defenses on the front line of Wusong and Baoshan would be empty. If the Japanese army sent a small group of troops to land in Wusong and then intercepted the 87th Division and behind the 36th Division, it would likely affect the implementation of the "Iron Fist Plan", which Zhang Zhizhong would absolutely intolerable.

"Yang Ruofei, where is this Yang Ruofei!" Zhang Zhizhong strode into the war room, then slapped the armed straps in his hand on the square table with the map, and several combat staff working on the map quickly retreated.

"Master, what makes you so angry?" Tong Yuanliang came forward in surprise.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Zhizhong said angrily, "Yang Hu just came here in person and said that Yang Ruofei's 61st Division had defeated a squadron of the Little Japan. It was embarrassing and it was simply a shame!"

"Hey, why is this different from what Yang Ruofei said?" Tong Yuanliang said in surprise. "Bei Zhi just received a call from Division Commander Yang from Baoshan County. He said that the Wusong Bao'an team, which was a leopard, colluded with the Japanese army to launch a mutiny. The 61st Division was caught off guard, so he suffered a great loss. Moreover, the Japanese army attacking Wusong County had an infantry regiment!"

"Wusong Bao'an team colluded with the Japanese army to launch a mutiny? He dared to sue the Japanese army? It's so outrageous!" Zhang Zhizhong was so angry that he even trembled when he spoke. After a while, he finally suppressed his anger and said, "Yang Hu said that the leopard is still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army until now. Do you think he has launched a mutiny?"

"Also, there were only one hundred Japanese troops attacking Wusong Town. Where did one corps come from?!"

There were two completely opposite words in one thing, one of which must be lying. Tong Yuanliang frowned and said, "Master, we are afraid we can't just listen to one side..."

"The leopard is a water bandit, and his words are not trustworthy. So what about Zhu Xia's words?" Zhang Zhizhong interrupted Tong Yuanliang and said, "When Zhu Xia returned to Wusong Town from the city, the 61st Division had been defeated, but now he has collected four or five hundred remaining soldiers. With the cooperation of the Wusong security team, he is pursuing the Japanese army that sneaked into Wusong Town."

Tong Yuanliang's face changed slightly: "Is it true that Yang Ruofei's evil man complained first?"

"Then is there any false?" Zhang Zhizhong groaned and said, "But you and I have no right to deal with such a big matter. I should report it to the Chief of the War Zone and the Commander Department immediately. Please ask Chief Feng and the Commissioner to decide."

"Okay, OK." Tong Yuanliang replied repeatedly, "Bei Zhi will call now."

Tong Yuanliang turned around, and Zhang Zhizhong's eyes turned back to the map. The map marked the divisions of several armies just formed in the Third War Zone, and the numbers of each army's divisions and brigades were also clearly marked. When Zhang Zhizhong's eyes swept to Nanshi, he suddenly stopped. Zhong Song's Independent 20th Brigade?

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Soon, Chairman Jiang from Nanjing also learned about the defeat of the 61st Division.

"My grandma, one division has more than 9,000 people, but it has been defeated by a squadron of Japan. The shame is simply a great humiliation of the party and the country!" Chairman Jiang was furious in front of Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, and Gu Zhu, and other senior generals, "It is unreasonable to dismiss him immediately and let him go back to Zhuji to farm!"

Chen Cheng only spoke, but said nothing. He knew that the 61st Division stationed in Wusong Town actually had only one and a half regiments of more than 3,000 people, rather than four full regiments of more than 9,000 people. However, even if there were only more than 3,000 people, they were defeated by less than 200 Japanese squadrons. It was really embarrassing. Yang Ruofei was so unbearable that it was not worth defending him.

Gu Zhu said, "The 61st Division is so unbearable, Yang Ruofei can't help but behave, but Zhu Xia, the chief of staff of the 61st Division, performed remarkable in this incident. He had just arrived at the 61st Division and had not yet established his prestige, but his ability to turn the tide was about to fall, gathered the remaining troops to retake Wusong Town. He thought he should be rewarded and encouraged."

"Well, Mosan, you are right. If you have any punishment, you will be rewarded if you have any merits." Chairman Jiang nodded, "I have some impression of this Zhu Xia. He should be a student of the 11th session of the Regular Class of the Army University, right?"

Gu Zhutong responded in a row, and Chairman Jiang said again: "You can consider being promoted to major general of the army."

The ranks of the National Army are divided into positions and military ranks. The so-called military ranks refer to military ranks linked to their positions. For example, the commander is generally a general, the commander is a lieutenant general, and the commander is a major general. This is the rank of duty, but the rank of duty refers to the rank recorded in the Military Commission's General Office. This has strict restrictions on the number of people.

If there is no vacancy in the Seminar Hall, even if you have enough qualifications and positions, you have to wait. For example, Sun Yuanliang, Wang Jingjiu and Xia Chuzhong Lieutenant General, the ranks of Lieutenant General are basically all major generals in the Army. In other words, although these division commanders are already de facto lieutenant generals, they can only enjoy the treatment of major generals in the Army for the time being.

Gu Zhutong, who had just been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, quickly recorded it.

Chairman Jiang turned his head and asked Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng again: "Kinsheng, Cixiu, what do you think about the Japanese army's sneak attack on Wusong Town? Is this just a tactical feint by the Japanese army in Shanghai? Or is it like Wen Bai's previous judgment? What is this a sign of the Japanese army's massive increase in troops to Shanghai?"

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng looked at each other and did not dare to make a conclusion.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng were both very clear that food could be eaten randomly, but they could not speak randomly. If they said that this was just a tactical feint of the Japanese army in Shanghai, what if the Japanese army really launched a large increase in troops to Shanghai in a few days? If it was a sign of the Japanese army's large increase in troops, and as a result, several divisions mobilized in Japan were sent to the battlefield in North China, they would still be responsible.

Chairman Jiang's brows frowned inadvertently, Chen Cheng tightened his heart and said quickly: "Mr. I think this matter is very important. It is better to wait for the Blue-Clothing Society to decipher the Japanese exchanges before making a judgment."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shihe, the head of the National Palace Guard, hurried in and whispered a few words to Chairman Jiang.

Chairman Jiang's slightly frowning brow stretched and said to Chen and Gu and the other two: "The Blue-Clothing Society has just deciphered the secret code of the Japanese army. Judging from the correspondence between the Japanese army in Shanghai, the only one of the Japanese navy's special marines that the sneak attack on Wusong Town this morning was only a special marine of the Japanese army. It seems that this is just a tactical feint of the Shanghai Japanese army."

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this.

After a moment of salvage, Chairman Jiang said: "Zhang Wenbai suggested that Zhong Song's 20th Independent Brigade be transferred to Wusong Town to strengthen coastal defense. I don't think so, so I would simply add Zhong Song's 20th Independent Brigade to the 61st Division. The 61st Division was reorganized on the spot in Wusong, with Zhong Song as the division commander, and Zhu Xia was still the chief of staff."

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Xu Shijiu and the leopard finally rushed to Wusong Fortress with their men.

However, this short few miles also cost them an extremely heavy price. The more than 400 remaining soldiers who had finally gathered together were left with less than 300 people.

Fortunately, the main position of Wusong Fortress has not yet been lost.

The Wusong Fortress is a comprehensive national defense fortification that runs north and south, with a length of nearly kilometers. Its main position is a hill opposite the coast of Wusong on the north side. This hill, which is less than 50 meters high, is also the only commanding height of the entire artillery Taiwan. The four old heavy artillery transported by the National Government from the Jiangyin Fortress are placed on the hillside facing the coast of Wusong.

In Shanghai in the 1930s, there was no Baosteel yet, so naturally there would be no wetlands made of scrap steel slag. Today's Cannon Wetland Park was still a large tidal flat at that time, and it was only revealed when the tide was low. At this time, it happened to be low, so the main force of the Weiyuan Brigade failed to log in in time.

The Japanese army was not stupid either. Of course, they would not land on the beach when the tide was low, because the sea outside Wusong was not a beach, but a mud flat. If you sank into it, you could not reach the base of your thighs. It was difficult for people to move, and it was impossible for heavy equipment to pass. Taking advantage of the land on such a tidal flat is simply seeking death.

Speaking of which, the Japanese army actually did a lot of preparations before landing, and they also have a good understanding of the hydrological geography and tidal flood situations in Wusong and Baoshan. The reason for this situation is that there is no good connection between the Japanese Army and the Japanese Navy, and the landing of the Ohara Brigade has made mistakes from the beginning.

According to the original plan, the Weiyuan Brigade first landed in the early morning, first seized the Wusong Fort, and then guided the main force of the brigade to land in Taiwan. It was about three or four in the morning, and it was just at a high tide. However, the first condemnation team first landed in the wrong place, and if one step was wrong, it would not be able to keep up.
Chapter completed!